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Polish to English translations [PRO] Idioms / Maxims / Sayings | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Mariusz Jagodziński Poland Local time: 12:41 | ||||||
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weep one's heart out Explanation: Proponuję I would weep my heart out. Ewentualnie można pokusić się o I would wail with grief, jednak osobiście wolę pierwszy wariant. zapłakiwać się ipf. keep crying/weeping, lament, abandon oneself to tears, pipe one's eyes, weep one's heart out; zapłakiwać się z żalu wail with grief. The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary https://translate.academic.ru/to+keep+one+'s+feet+on+the+ground/pl/en/27/ |
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Cry one’s eyes out Explanation: An alternative |
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sob (eyes/life) away, bawl (eyes/life) away, cry heart out Explanation: He is getting thin; he looks tired, so tired, particularly when he is asleep, that I feel as if I could fling myself on his breast and sob my life away for sheer sadness. -- I wanted to cry I wanted to bawl my life away, but no more tears would come out. I had cried them all away. ---- ... find a private spot, a bathroom stall somewhere, where I can bawl my heart out. ------ |
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I would melt into tears/cry like a baby/turn into a fountain of tears Explanation: When I cracked up my new Corvette, I cried like a baby. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cry_like_a_baby |
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